teaching resource

Finding The Main Idea - Comprehension Task (Turtles)

Updated: 30 May 2023

Explore the wonderful world of turtles with this comprehension task focusing on the main idea.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Years: 4 - 5

Curriculum

ACELY1680

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students own experie...
ACELY1692

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience and oth...
ACELY1703

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesElaborationsusing research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising informati...
ACELY1713

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience or oth...

teaching resource

Finding The Main Idea - Comprehension Task (Turtles)

Updated: 30 May 2023

Explore the wonderful world of turtles with this comprehension task focusing on the main idea.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Years: 4 - 5

Explore the wonderful world of turtles with this comprehension task focusing on the main idea.

Exploring Turtles: Unveiling the Main Idea

Use this comprehension task to help students develop their main idea comprehension skills through an engaging text centred around turtles. This resource aims to foster students’ ability to identify the central theme and supporting details within a text while providing them with fascinating insights into the world of turtles.

The task includes:

a comprehension passage about turtles
questions and activities
an answer sheet for teachers.

Download and Get Started

This resource is available to download in PDF and editable Google Slide versions.

Curriculum

ACELY1680

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to evaluate texts by drawing on a growing knowledge of context, text structures and language featuresElaborationsmaking connections between the text and students own experie...
ACELY1692

Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content knowledge, integrating and linking ideas and analysing and evaluating textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience and oth...
ACELY1703

Use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sourcesElaborationsusing research skills including identifying research purpose, locating texts, gathering and organising informati...
ACELY1713

Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information and ideas, comparing content from a variety of textual sources including media and digital textsElaborationsmaking connections between the text and studentsâ own experience or oth...

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